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anyone ? ? help in reguards to the car been on and running while the update is completed ? ?

Well I don't know man...I have done simple codings while the engine running without any problem but don't know about software update. As I said it didn't take very long for me. but you know your battery better.

Thank you for the write up.
When trying to perform step 7 i got the error "security access denied" and the flash would not proceed.
I had to change the configuration of WinKFP for fast baud rate to successfully flash. Seems like there are differences from ECU to ECU.
My update to the dynamic drive ECU required the fast baud rate to be disabled.

Thanks for the info man, might help some people with the same problem.

Question though, have a '04 754li, and the stealership swears there is not a software update for the 745li's only the 750's.

A claim was made with PUMA (I think that's it), which the dealership said was a division of BMW, concerning drivability issues (going into 5th gear issues, sometimes starting in 2nd gear, etc) generally all the things that are supposed to be addressed with the "urban" updated software. They said tranny was bad, needed replaced for $9k, on a 41k mile car.

It seems the modern day dealership is a parts swap-er, and will not service and repair.

Here is an USA article (link at the bottom). Just need to keep pouring the NHTSA with complaints and safety issues. The more we document the issue, the more chances to get a recall (Hopefully a global recall. keep your fingers crossed)
pdated 2012-04-16 5:46 PM

U.S. safety regulators have found 16 crashes and five injuries in an eight-month investigation of transmission control problems with BMW 7-Series cars.
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By Uwe Lein, AP

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began the probe in August and has now upgraded it to an engineering analysis, which is a step closer to a recall. However the cars have not been recalled.

The investigation covers nearly 122,000 BMWs from the 2002 through 2008 model years.

The cars have push-button start and electronic transmission controls. In some cases, the owners may think the cars are in park when they're actually in neutral. The safety agency said in documents on its website Monday that the cars can roll away unexpectedly and crash.

Messages seeking comment from BMW were not immediately returned on Monday.

NHTSA said in the documents that BMW and investigators have received 50 complaints about the problem.

In one case, the driver of a 2002 745Li told NHTSA that the car was parked at a day-care center north of Atlanta when it rolled about 40 yards and crashed into a parking lot embankment on March 29, 2010. No one was hurt.

In another complaint, a driver reported that he parked his 2006 750 model BMW on Feb. 21, 2007, and it was supposed to automatically shift to park when he touched the stop-start button to turn off the car. Instead, after the driver left the car, it rolled backward about 100 feet and crashed into a lamppost, the driver told NHTSA. No one was injured. He did not set the parking brake.

"The dealer stated they are unable to diagnose the failure," the man told NHTSA.

Federal safety regulators do not release the names of people who file complaints.

NHTSA said it upgraded the investigation to an engineering analysis "to further assess the potential safety consequences of the alleged defect."

Will this update benefit any year of the e65? I have a 2006 and don't have any harsh shift while slowing , 2-1. Occasionally if I step on it while doing 10-15mph the 2-1 downshift while under load feels harsh. I have everything in place to do the trans software update but want to know if this is good for all years or is it possible I will be rolling back my newer software.
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I replaced my Guibo joint. After resetting the transmission adaption values, it took my car almost a week to smooth out the 2-1 downshift shift, although I'm not running the most recent transmission software.

I am seeing this issue on a 06 750 that we bought a week ago. Seems to only happen when my wife is driving does not do it will me so much. I read too there is a updated pan and filter for this transmission is this the case too ?

I am trying to work thru this.
I try this part
3. Open INPA>>choose chassis>>Transmission>>Gearbox Control module>>Identification (F2). now press arrow down on your keyboard and take note of your Assembly number. Close INPA

inpa both circles are black and have on beside them so i assume i am good. When i choose the g19 transmission i get the following error
Variant Checking
it has
Group file : D_EGS
SYS-0005: OBJECT FILE NOT FOUND
Program will be stopped!

Thanks for the diy i have completed this on my 02 745i and it drives a lot better, any other modules i should program or reset or is there a full update for all the modules or is it just the transmission one. I have a high idle on my car i check vacum leaks and everything checks out fine and had it smoked too. Thanks again for the diy and everyone on the forum because without this community the stealer would have are ass lol. Merry Christmas Everyone any Happy New Year

Have some SERIOUS problems. I'm not new to using the BMW toolset and I'm an IT tech so I understand how stuff works generally speaking.

I tried this flash to update the gearbox in my car as I had been experiencing the hard 2-1 shift.

As it started updating I got the transmission warning on the dash (I assume is normal), and it started doing the flash. I waited as it went through, it hit 100% after about 4 mins.

It did not say succeed or completed, but popped up the same message (press ok to program 11 flashes remaining or similar - 1 less than before the start). I pressed okay on that one, the bar was still at 100% in the background but the status at the bottom of winkfp was "ready", but the program hung. I waited another 10 mins or so but nothing happened.

The car still says transmission failsafe gear cannot be displayed, and will not go into any gear.

INPA can no longer access the gearbox (saying something like it is responding but can't be recognised).

I can't flash it again with winKFP as it says the UID is incorrect (or similar).

I CAN connect to it with tool32 (have done reads only) and it is still responding, but a couple of the flash read options say the UID is incorrect.

I understand I can unbrick the ECU with tool32 but I don't know how, I've never used it before.

Can anyone help??

EDIT: FIXED IT AND SUCCESSFUL UPDATE.

Used tool32 to send a reset command after googling what the German things meant.

After this (still completely unusable) I was able to re launch winKFP and re flash the module.

took about 25 mins to do the flash this time :o (3-5 min hang, then slow flash over5 mins, then 3 min hang, then fast flash, then hang, then slow flash, then hang).

which operates when for example you are crusing @ 60 mph and the gear change is on 6 and suddenly you applied hard braking ... the car will respond and down shifts quickly with you to bring the car to stop a lot faster

Do you feel that this future is now gone ? and is there any differnce in the gear-box behaviour other than the 2-1 problem ?

I've been using Inpa and just changed my guibo joint. I decided to reset the adaptation values in Inpa to improve the 2-1 down shift and now I'm getting the transmission failure light. I check the error codes and getting a 4F89 Speed Trans. 3-4 , p17e8. I thought that resetting the adaptation would help but obviously I need to try and fix it. I've been reading that resetting your transmission adaptations isn't a good idea since there is information stored from the factory on the gears. I hope that I didn't just kill my transmission. Any ideas on what I should do next?

I am a newbie when it comes to flashing. Got a 2003 745 with the harsh 2-1 downshift.

I think I got all the software I need installed to do the job but I don't know the steps to take. I have spent a lot of time reading the forums and I think I am going in sane trying to keep track. Could someone PLEASE write out the steps it would take to do this??

I am a newbie when it comes to flashing. Got a 2003 745 with the harsh 2-1 downshift.

I think I got all the software I need installed to do the job but I don't know the steps to take. I have spent a lot of time reading the forums and I think I am going in sane trying to keep track. Could someone PLEASE write out the steps it would take to do this and what software I need??

THANKS-ANYONE

Read the first post in this thread lol, its step by step instructions, with a detailed guide on getting winkfp setup too.

Thanks for the reply. I actually think I am getting somewhere. Its about 1:30am and i been messing with this for hours now. tired.

I am running into 2 problems.

1) So when ran WinKFP it would not open. I read the attached word doc.... I tried to edit 'comment out' any 'long lines' in Sgidc.as2, but there was a bunch of them (shown below), so i removed the file completely from the gdaten folder. That made it run. Don't know if this would have an effect??

2) I get an error when I try to enter my ASSEMBLY number ('assembly identification number not found in the files determined by xxkconf.da2' ) so I cant find it when I try to choose it for the ECU family, ect. Is this because i blow out the Sgidc.as2 file completely?

I am using WinKFP 5.1.0 for an E65. could this have anything to do with it. I am so lost....
Everything went smooth when i loaded E65_41 Daten.

I've been using Inpa and just changed my guibo joint. I decided to reset the adaptation values in Inpa to improve the 2-1 down shift and now I'm getting the transmission failure light. I check the error codes and getting a 4F89 Speed Trans. 3-4 , p17e8. I thought that resetting the adaptation would help but obviously I need to try and fix it. I've been reading that resetting your transmission adaptations isn't a good idea since there is information stored from the factory on the gears. I hope that I didn't just kill my transmission. Any ideas on what I should do next?

I have experienced this same problem. After reseting the EGS adaptions I get the 3-4 error code 4F89 and the big slip during 3-4 shift. Have been trying to drive it away but no luck.
I have all the equipment. GT!, Iscan WT, Progman, etc. Its happened on 3 valve bodies now.